Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 21:03:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <digital@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@kts.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pulling email addresses from freebsd lists Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971016204728.21896A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016203931.7534A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
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On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > > > Howard Lew wrote: > > > > > It appears to me that some users subscribed to the freebsd mailing lists > > > are pulling email addresses from message writers here and then using > > > those email addresses to send junk email. > > > > This is true and this is not the first time and it happenes more and more. > > > > I'd vote to disable majordomos feature to send out the complete list of > > memebers, its useless for the normal user anyway. > Would be a good idea, but they appear to be getting the addresses from the > people who send in questions/replys, instead of grabbing a list of Yes, I think you are right. I have checked and they do seem to come from posts/replies -- not from being on the list. I guess there is no easy solution except for adding a nospam email address which is a big pain for anyone who wants to reply. > everyone on it. The only solution that is failsafe is, stop using the > lists. > And we all know how viable that is. Grin, bear it, and send fork() bombs. > > > > > > hellmuth > > -- > > Hellmuth Michaelis hm@kts.org Hamburg, Europe > > "Those who can, do. Those who can't, talk. > > And those who can't talk, talk about talking." (B. Shaw) > > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | > * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * > | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| > * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * > | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >
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